Comment on You're Using JSON, Why not MessagePack?parentComments−haberman15y> Is there a Ruby module with no C extension?Why is the "with no C extension" part important to you?−arockwell15yThis is important if you want to use JRuby.−randrews15yExactly! Also IronRuby. Or MRI on Windows for a lot of extensions, which just won't build there.−nupark215yThere's a protobuf java library.−andrewvcOP15yAnd a jruby messagepack library−andrewvcOP15yBy the way, there is a pure ruby version, not sure why you'd use it over the cext though:https://github.com/hiroshinakao/msgpack-pure−halostatue15yJRuby. Windows, if you don't have the compile stuff installed.This could be alleviated with Ruby FFI on top of a really good C implementation, but FFI is tricky.
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> Is there a Ruby module with no C extension?
Why is the "with no C extension" part important to you?
This is important if you want to use JRuby.
Exactly! Also IronRuby. Or MRI on Windows for a lot of extensions, which just won't build there.
There's a protobuf java library.
And a jruby messagepack library
By the way, there is a pure ruby version, not sure why you'd use it over the cext though:
https://github.com/hiroshinakao/msgpack-pure
JRuby. Windows, if you don't have the compile stuff installed.
This could be alleviated with Ruby FFI on top of a really good C implementation, but FFI is tricky.